Helvellyn

Helvellyn

(hĕlvĕl`ĭn), mountain, 3,118 ft (950 m) high, in the Lake District, NW England, SE of Keswick. Near the summit is a memorial to Charles Gough, who died (1805) there of exposure. He was commemorated in poems by Sir Walter ScottScott, Sir Walter,1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Early Life and Works

After an apprenticeship in his father's law office Scott was admitted (1792) to the bar......Click the link for more information. and William WordsworthWordsworth, William,1770–1850, English poet, b. Cockermouth, Cumberland. One of the great English poets, he was a leader of the romantic movement in England. Life and Works

In 1791 he graduated from Cambridge and traveled abroad......Click the link for more information..

Gaz Pierce, from Brighouse, Robert Brooks, of Mirfield, Alistair Crossland, from Brighouse, and Russell Cooper, of Huddersfield, will be scaling Ben Nevis in Scotland, Snowdon in Wales, Carantouhill in Ireland and Helvellyn in England's Lake District.

At the same time, my own first ascent of Helvellyn, back in 1961, at the age of 11, was led by a mixed-race friend of my parents: proving, if nothing else, that generalised notions perpetuated by crackpot bureaucrats, have always been flawed.

The former Marine commando, who lives in the village of Ainstable near Carlisle, will be climbing the 950m Helvellyn in the Lake District on Christmas Day, which will be the best bet in England for a dusting of snow.

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